336 pages : 26 cm

"Angaza Afrika - the Swahili for 'shed light on Africa' - is a statement of this book's mission: to illuminate Africa's immensely fertile artistic landscape. Africa has emerged from its colonial past and is asserting its own identity. African art is not only confined to the continent itself, but has spread throughout the world. From the enforced migrations of the slave trade through the upheavals of the post-colonial period, African art and artists are also now established in Europe, North America, the Carribean and South America." "This book brings together more than 60 of Africa's most creative contemporary artists. Their work leaps off the page with more than 350 colour images. In addition to painters, sculptors and photographers, there are also a number of artists whose work embraces performance and installation. The materials they use range from the traditional to the highly unorthodox, as does their imagery." "This is the first book on contemporary African art to harness the creative energy pulsating from not only the continent but also from the rich global community that has developed outside it."--Jacket

Includes bibliographical references

INTRODUCTION; ESSAYS; ART IS ALL AROUND; ART OF THE KHIYAMIYA; ARTISTS OF TESHIE, GHANA; ARTISTS OF THE TINGATINGA; COLLECTIVE; IN OYSTER BAY, DAR ES SALAAM; SIGN PAINTINGS OF EAST AND WEST; AFRICA; KANGA OF KENYA AND TANZANIA; PHOTOGRAPHY; CERAMICS IN EGYPT AND ZANZIBAR; TEXTILE TRADITION OF TUNISIA; METALWORKING IN AFRICA; THE ARTISTS; Featured Artists; MOHAMED ABDALLA, SUDAN/UK; JANE ALEXANDER, SOUTH AFRICA; AKINBODE AKINBIYI, NIGERIA/GERMANY; EL ANATSUI, GHANA/NIGERIA; CHANT AVEDISSIAN, EGYPT/FRANCE; BELKIS AYON, CUBA; JOSE BEDIA, CUBA; DOMINIC BENHURA, ZIMBABWE; MARIO BENJAMIN, HAITI; WILLIE BESTER, SOUTH AFRICA; DAWOUD BEY, USA; LARA BALADI, EGYPT; JOHN BIGGERS, USA; SKUNDER BOGHOSSIAN, ETHIOPIA/USA; FREDERIC BRULY BOUABRE, IVORY COAST; MOHAMED BUSHARA, SUDAN/UK; FLINTO CHANDIA, ZAMBIA; DILOMPRIZULIKE, NIGERIA; SOKARI DOUGLAS CAMP, NIGERIA/UK; MELVIN EDWARDS, USA; SAFA ERRUAS, MOROCCO; SAMUEL FOSSO, CAMEROON; CARLOS GARAICOA, CUBA; TAPFUMA GUTSA, ZIMBABWE/GERMANY; ROMUALD HAZOUME, BENIN; JACKSON HLUNGWANI, SOUTH AFRICA; JACOB JARI, NIGERIA; TAM JOSEPH, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC/UK; JAK KATARIKAWE, UGANDA; WILLIAM KENTRIDGE, SOUTH AFRICA; KESTER, MOZAMBIQUE; KESTER, DOS SANTOS, NHATUGUEJA, MATE, MOZAMBIQUE; DAVID KOLOANE, SOUTH AFRICA; ABDOULAYE KONATE, MALI; RACHID KORAICHI, ALGERIA/FRANCE; STYLE KUNDA, ZAMBIA; ATTA KWAMI, GHANA; NJA MAHDAOUI, TUNISIA; TASLIM MARTIN, UK; BERNARD MATEMERA, ZIMBABWE; MANUEL MENDIVE, CUBA; PETER MINSHALL, TRINIDAD; PETRONA MORRISON, JAMAICA; NILTON MOREIRA DA SILVA, BRAZIL; ZWELETHU MTHETHWA, SOUTH AFRICA; HASSAN MUSA, SUDAN/FRANCE; INGRID MWANGI, KENYA/GERMANY; OWEN NDOU, SOUTH AFRICA; FRANCES NNAGGENDA, UGANDA; MAGDALENE ODUNDO, KENYA/UK; CHRIS OFILI, UK; BRUCE ONOBRAKPEYA, NIGERIA; OUATTARA, IVORY COAST/USA; WINNIE OWENS-HART, USA; KWESI OWUSU-ANKOMAH, GHANA/GERMANY; MARTA MARIA PEREZ BRAVO, CUBA; BELKIS RAMIREZ, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; REINATA SADHIMBA, MOZAMBIQUE; IBRAHIM EL SALAHI, SUDAN/UK; CHERI SAMBA, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO/FRANCE; ZINEB SEDIRA, ALGERIA/FRANCE/UK; YINKA SHONIBARE, UK/NIGERIA; KHALED BEN SLIMANE, TUNISIA; BARTHELEMY TOGUO, CAMEROON/GERMANY/FRANCE; CYPRIEN TAKOUDAGBA, BENIN; MALANGATANA VALENTE NGWENYA, MOZAMBIQUE; PATRICK VILAIRE, HAITI; SANE WADU, KENYA; JACKSON WANJAU, KENYA; SANDILE ZULU, SOUTH AFRICA; FURTHER READING; PICTURE CREDITS; INDEX

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